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State of Maryland News
Maryland
pollutes more than 150 countries: Greenpeace report highlights individual states'
contribution to global warming (By Meredith
Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 5/29/09)
Algae
bloom causes foul smell, fish kill in harbor (By Liz F. Kay, The Baltimore Sun, 5/27/09)
How
a greener city gets growing: Community gardens benefit the neighborhood, the economy and the
environment, advocates say (By Meredith
Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 5/26/09)
National and International News
Obama
walks a fine line over mining: Environmentalists feel betrayed by the EPA's
decision not to block new mountaintop mining projects (By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, Tribune
Newspapers as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 5/31/09)
Gas
price surge may stall recovery: Gas
prices jump 20% in 32 days, nearing $2.50 a gallon and putting more pressure on
the already battered economy.(By
Aaron Smith, CNNMoney, 5/30/09)
Would
You Work in an Office Building Made of Shipping Containers? (By Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company, 5/29/09)
Oil Is
Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up? (By Vivienne Walt, Time online as
reported by Yahoo News, 5/29/09)
Report:
Climate change crisis "catastrophic" (By Hillary Whiteman, CNN, 5/29/09)
Report:
Carbon pollution to grow by 40 percent: U.S. agency says much of
the rise expected to come from China, India (The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 5/27/09)
US
unveils $4bn plan to upgrade public housing as part of green jobs project: Renovation scheme will replace windows,
insulation and light bulbs in ageing and neglected low-income housing stock (By Suzanne
Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 5/26/09)
Amazon basin braces for ‘extreme
climate': Experts suspect global warming driving huge changes
in tropical wilderness (The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 5/26/09)
Climate change has a
considerable impact on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases: At the 77th OIE General Assembly, Delegates of the 174 Member Countries
and Territories issue a warning to the International Communities (By Maria Zampaglione, The World Organisation for Animal Health,
5/26/09)
Economist:
Pricier Oil Means Less Globalization (Morning Edition - National Public
Radio, 5/25/09)
America's
new green guru sparks anger over climate change U-turns: President Obama's
energy secretary, Nobel prize-winner Steven Chu, arrives in Europe this week to
discuss global warming. But his recent policy decisions on coal-fired power
stations and hydrogen cars have angered many environmentalists (By Robin McKie and Ed Helmore, The [UK] Observer, 5/24/09)
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